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Duntarvie Castle is located to the East of the village of Duntarvie, just off the B8020 from Winchburgh to Woodend, overlooking the M9 motorway.
Duntarvie is a four-storey late sixteenth century house with five-storey towers on its North side, possibly built for a James Durham, who gained the lands in 1588, but later becoming part of the nearby larger estate of Hopetoun, to the North.
The South-west corner was added in the seventeenth century, and a garden was possibly built at around the same time. The castle was inhabited until the late nineteenth century.
The castle fell into a fairly ruinous condition until restoration work began in 1994, but by January the following year, work had to be suspended for a time due to the collapse of the East tower. Restoration work continues apace, however, under the auspices of Ed Kelly Architects.
